Faster : the acceleration of just about everything / James Gleick

• Record Nr.: UNISALENTO991001436259707536
• Autore: Gleick, James
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York : Vintage Book, 2000
• ISBN: 9780679775485
• Descrizione fisica: x, 311 p. , 21 cm
• Disciplina: 303.48
• Soggetti: Progresso tecnico - Aspetti sociali; Tempo - Sociologia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia

Commentary in American life [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Murray Friedman

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910784251603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Philadelphia, PA, : Temple University Press, c2005
• ISBN: 1-281-09383-1; 9786611093839; 1-59213-111-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (233 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): FriedmanMurray <1926->
• Disciplina: 296/.05
• Soggetti: Jews - United States - Politics and government; Jews - United States - Intellectual life
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Introduction; 1 "America Is Home": Commentary Magazine ; and the Refocusing of the Community of Memory, 1945-1960; 2 Commentary: The Early Years; 3 The Jewishness of Commentary; 4 Commentary and the City: Getting It Right, Getting It Wrong; 5 What They Talked About When They Talked About Literature: Commentary in Its First Three Decades; 6 Commentary and the Common Culture; 7 Norman Podhoretz and the Cold War; 8 Joining the Ranks: Commentary and American Conservatism; 9 Commentary's Children: Neoconservatism in the Twenty-First Century; Notes; About the Contributors; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Founded by the American Jewish Committee in 1945 as a monthly journal of ""significant thought and opinion, Jewish affairs and contemporary issues,"" Commentary magazine has through the years had a far-reaching impact on American politics and culture. Commentary in American Life traces this influence over time, especially in creating the neoconservative movement. The authors of each chapter also consider the ways the magazine shaped and reflected major cultural and literary trends in the United States. The end result offers a full accounting of one of the most important jour